Pretty, brave and 18 years old, Ellie has come to London in search of adventure.
McConnell smiled patronizingly . ' Oh , granted some governesses are nominally ladies , I suppose , but usually , well ... I was just a bit amused , that's all . ' ' You impudent Dublin Jackeen ! Listen , if you open your mouth again ...
P.D. James Omnibus
The Dragon in the Sword: Being the Third and Final Story in the History of John Daker, the Eternal Champion
Living in a bedsit, just coping with the boredom of being a busconductor, and fully aware that his plans to emigrate to Australia won't come to anything, Robert Hines is a young Glaswegian leading a pretty drab life.
Clive Barker has made his mark on modern fiction by exposing all that is surreal and magical in the ordinary world --- and exploring the profound and overwhelming terror that results.
Pearlhanger: A Lovejoy Narrative
One of the Founders
Albion! Albion!
The Microcosm is at first presented in all it complexity, then certain elements are in their turn illuminated, until a possible solutions emerges for one of the characters.
And what is he doing with Annie, a hardheaded Communist; Lucy, a weird feminist poet from south London; and Nelly, a Yugoslav housewife, whose passion for cooking and eating is ruining her marriage?Jack Warliss does not know the answer to ...